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Second Half Players to Watch

Every year there’s a select group of players that have a great second half. These are the players that can be the difference between you winning your league or finishing in the middle of the pack and having to listen to “Johnny I Didn’t Even Watch a Game” brag about how he beat you.

Some players tend to warm up when the weather does, and others had such poor first half’s…
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Beyond the Boxscore–Fantasy MLB News and Notes 6/8/08

The second start for Joba Chamberlain, although still not long, was much better than the first. Honestly, I think if they Yankees were going to limit the number of pitches he was going to throw so much, they should have had him stretch out in the minors and then come up when he was ready to throw an actual game. Chamberlain lasted 4.1 innings, allowed two earned runs and…
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Beyond the Boxscore–Fantasy MLB News and Notes 5/5/08

Max Scherzer didn’t quite have the starting debut he had hoped for. Scherzer only lasted four innings, gave up five runs (two earned) and struck out five. Scherzer still is a top prospect, and we have already seen what he is capable of in his relief appearance, so don’t let this little setback effect your opinion of him. If anything this helps out those who missed out on Scherzer…
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Beyond the Boxscore–Fantasy MLB News and Notes 5/3/08 Injury News, Blue Jays pitching, Jo-Jo Reyes, Clayton Kershaw and more

Felix vs. Mussina Saturday night, it’s a no brainer, right? Put it in the win column for the Mariners. Ahh, not so fast. Mike Mussina has put together three consecutive good starts, and beat King Felix and the Mariners 6-1 as Hernandez struggled mightily. Felix had his worst outing of the season, as he needed 105 pitches to get…
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Beyond the Boxscore–Fantasy MLB News and Notes 4/19/08; Hochevar, Greinke, Lincecum, Cueto, more

The player who has created the biggest buzz so far this year in fantasy baseball has been Johnny Cueto, and so far he hasn’t disappointed. His owners had to be very curious how he would do after giving up five runs in his previous start. Would he bounce back? Or was he doomed to start to struggle like most pitchers in his situation? Cueto answered today with another great…
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